Robert E. Lee's Jordan Berry (25) gets fouled by Garland's Jorden Wright (10), while elevating for a layup. ( Lang White / Correspondent )

Points were hard to come by Friday night at the Robert E. Lee Varsity Gymnasium.

Fortunately for Robert E. Lee, senior post Garrett Thibodeaux scored enough down the stretch to lead the Red Raiders past Garland 36-27.

The victory moved the Red Raiders (15-7, 5-4) into a third- place tie in District 11-6A basketball with Garland (11-14, 5-4).

Thibodeaux finished with a double-double, providing 15 points to go along with 10 rebounds and two big fourth-period assists.

“It was hard because they played a real tight zone and every time I got (the ball) in the post I had to pop it back out,” Thibodeaux said. “We just had to be patient (on offense). Towards the end of the game they started getting over aggressive and that opened (passes down low) to Zach (Dunn) and he was able to get easy layups.”

The pass Dunn converted to make it 25-21. The second time they hooked up in the paint, Dunn’s basket made it 29-23 with 2:30 remaining.

The rest of the game featured Thibodeaux at the free-throw line to ice the victory.

Lee led 15-14 at halftime as both teams combined to miss 35 of their 46 shot attempts.

The Red Raiders were limited coming into the game without starting point guard Zach Hall and guards Rico Major and Jordan Devers for various reasons, REL coach Jeff Coleman said. All three have seen significant playing time.

That meant others would have to step into those roles.

Coleman said John Davis, JoGene Aguilar and Dexter Green deserve credit for the win.

“Anytime you have guys on the floor who are willing to be coached, you have a chance to be successful,” Coleman said. “These guys were willing to be coached and we did the things we needed to do. We limited our transition and controlled the tempo from start to finish.

“Those guys that came off the bench and haven’t been playing a lot of minutes this year, they came in and did a wonderful job on both ends of the floor.”

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District 11-6A

Robert E. Lee 36, Garland 27

Garland59211 — 27

Robert E. Lee87813 — 36

GARLAND — Ty Green, 3; Danny Salamah, 1; Jorden Wright, 8; Jordan Wakefield, 0; Jordan Courtney, 1; Josh Lucas, 0; Coree Compton, 6; Ladarreous Harris, 5; Lance Wright, 3; Melvin Loveless, 0. FG: 9-41. FT: 9-15.

ROBERT E. LEE — Isjuwan Barker, 5; Dexter Green, 0; John Davis, 2; Jogene Aguilar, 2; Jordan Berry, 4; Zach Dunn, 6; Garrett Thibodeaux, 15; Tre Caldwell, 2. FG: 13-35. FT: 9-15.

THREE POINT GOALS — GAR (0-7): None. REL (0-10): None.

RECORDS — Garland 11-14 (5-4); Robert E. Lee 15-7 (5-4).

NEXT UP — Robert E. Lee at North Garland, 7 p.m. Tuesday

Brinkley, Lady Raiders top Garland on the road

GARLAND — Led by a double-double from junior Erin Brinkley, Robert E. Lee took care of Garland 72-54 Friday in a District 11-6A contest at Garland High School.

Brinkley finished with 21 points and 12 rebounds as the Lady Raiders (14-15) moved to 5-6 in District 11-6A. Garland dropped to 14-11 and 4-7. Berjae Lewis (17) and Tree Brooks also scored in double figures for Lee, which led 38-30 at halftime.

“I am very proud of our kids,” Lee coach Nigel Boyles said. “They played hard today and this win keeps us in the hunt for a playoff spot.”

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District 11-6A

Robert E. Lee 72, Garland 54

Robert E. Lee 22 16 17 17 — 72

Garland 16 14 9 15 — 54

ROBERT E. LEE — Erin Brinkley, 21; Berjae Lewis, 17; Tree Brooks, 13; Alex Thorne, 9; Jakayla Bowie, 7; Olivia Eweni, 3; Tyreesha Blaylock, 2.

GARLAND — Falesha Fuller, 12; Taylor Craddock, 12; Khadijah Joshaway, 10; Nia Randall, 6; Antwanette Sheppard, 4; Cathy Deasis, 3; Madison Brown, 1; Alika Beggs, 1.

THREE POINT GOALS — REL: Lewis, Brooks, Thorne. GAR: Craddock, Joshaway (2).

RECORDS — Robert E. Lee 14-15 (5-6); Garland 14-11 (4-7).

NEXT UP — North Garland at Robert E. Lee 7 p.m. Tuesday.